US 10,704,981 B2 · Remote leak detection system

Abstract

A scanning system for producing a path averaged concentration map of a leaking plume is provided. The system includes a tunable light source capable of tuning its wavelength over the absorption band of the specimen of interest, a lightweight mirror to scan the light, a lightweight collection optic, an array of detectors to measure reflected light, one or more processors configured to align the scanning with the detected signal and analyze the signal to produce a path averaged concentration map of the leaking plume, the one or more processors configured to use an analytical model of plume dynamics to compare the detected concentration map and calculate leak location and rate, and a flying platform that can fly in a control flight path.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

one or more processors configured to determine measured concentrations measured by a vehicle of a fluid of interest and locations of the measured concentrations, the one or more processors configured to compare the measured concentrations and the locations with modeled plumes of a leak of the fluid of interest, the one or more processors configured to determine an amount of the fluid of interest exiting from the leak using a density of the fluid of interest, a wind speed during the measurement, a speed of a vehicle during measurement, the measured concentration of a fluid of interest, and the time period the fluid of interest was measured.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Remote leak detection system

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Abstract

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